The Humane Job Search: Recommendations for Academic Library Search Committees

The academic library job search is widely considered to be challenging, even brutal, for candidates. This lightning talk is based on our search committee’s efforts to improve that experience through concrete actions and an emphasis on equity and empathy. From writing the job description and evaluating applications to the phone interview stage to the campus visit, we let kindness be our watchword. Come to our lightning talk to gather ideas for your own humane job search

Peer navigators to promote engagement of homeless African Americans with serious mental illness in primary care

Homeless African Americans with serious mental illness experience higher rates of morbidity and mortality than adults with severe mental illness alone. Peer navigators, individuals with similar lived experiences, may help these individuals navigate the healthcare system to improve healthcare utilization. This study examined whether the Peer Navigator Program (PNP) improved scheduling and achieving healthcare appointments compared to treatment as usual (TAU) over the course of 12 months, including three periods within that timeframe: engagement (first three months), impact (middle six months), and maintenance (final six months). Results indicated no change during the first three months of the study, a significantly greater improvement in scheduled and achieved appointments for PNP compared to TAU during the middle six months, and maintenance of appointment change improvements over the final three months of the study. This research suggests peer navigators may offer a promising solution to barriers in utilizing the healthcare system for people with severe mental illness, especially those who may be homeless or from minority racial groups

Earliest Eocene mammalian fauna from the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum at Sand Creek Divide, southern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming

http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/89881/1/Papers On Paleontology 36 02-15-2012.pd

The shadow knows: using shadows to investigate the structure of the pretransitional disk of HD 100453

We present GPI polarized intensity imagery of HD 100453 in Y-, J-, and K1 bands which reveals an inner gap ($9 - 18$ au), an outer disk ($18-39$ au) with two prominent spiral arms, and two azimuthally-localized dark features also present in SPHERE total intensity images (Wagner 2015). SED fitting further suggests the radial gap extends to $1$ au. The narrow, wedge-like shape of the dark features appears similar to predictions of shadows cast by a inner disk which is misaligned with respect to the outer disk. Using the Monte Carlo radiative transfer code HOCHUNCK3D (Whitney 2013), we construct a model of the disk which allows us to determine its physical properties in more detail. From the angular separation of the features we measure the difference in inclination between the disks 45$^{\circ}$, and their major axes, PA = 140$^{\circ}$ east of north for the outer disk and 100$^{\circ}$for the inner disk. We find an outer disk inclination of $25 \pm 10^{\circ}$ from face-on in broad agreement with the Wagner 2015 measurement of 34$^{\circ}$. SPHERE data in J- and H-bands indicate a reddish disk which points to HD 100453 evolving into a young debris disk

Concert recording 2014-04-20

[Track 01]. Wie Melodien zieht es mir / J. Brahms -- [Track 02]. Sogno / F.P. Tosti -- [Track 03]. Ombra mai fu / F. Handel -- [Track 04]. O del mio dolce ardor / C.W. Gluck -- [Track 05]. Sebben crudele / A. Caldara -- [Track 06]. An den Mond / F. Schubert -- [Track 07]. Preghiera / F.P. Tosti -- [Track 08]. Vaghissima sembianza / F. Donaudy -- [Track 09]. Ich liebe dich / Beethoven -- [Track 10]. Caro mio ben / G. Giordani -- [Track 11]. Spiagge amate / C.W. Gluck -- [Track 12]. Ordinary people / John Stephens and Will Adams -- [Track 13]. For good / Stephen Schwartz -- [Track 14]. I\u27m a part of that / Jason Robert Brown -- [Track 15]. Stars / Claude-Michel Schonberg -- [Track 16]. In your atmosphere / John Mayer -- [Track 17]. Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / They Might Be Giant

Differences in the gas and dust distribution in the transitional disk of a sun-like young star, PDS 70

We present ALMA 0.87 mm continuum, HCO+ J=4--3 emission line, and CO J=3--2 emission line data of the disk of material around the young, Sun-like star PDS 70. These data reveal the existence of a possible two component transitional disk system with a radial dust gap of 0."2 +/- 0."05, an azimuthal gap in the HCO+ J=4--3 moment zero map, as well as two bridge-like features in the gas data. Interestingly these features in the gas disk have no analogue in the dust disk making them of particular interest. We modeled the dust disk using the Monte Carlo radiative transfer code HOCHUNK3D (Whitney et al. 2013) using a two disk components. We find that there is a radial gap that extends from 15-60 au in all grain sizes which differs from previous work

The Ursinus Weekly, March 8, 1973

The new USGA council: a personal profile • Whitians accept thirteen new members for 1973 • International Relations Club to hold mock U.N. session • Mini-computers take Ursinus by storm • USGA implements procedures to strengthen Paisley security • Editorial: Secret war and peace • Faculty portrait: Professor G. Sieber Pancoast • Ursinus veterans compare military, academic life • Lantern plans contest, May issue • Festival of arts: Folk group presents concert in Union, then a workshop; Ballet exhibition given by Schuylkill Valley company; ProTheatre\u27s three short plays well received; Arts weekend rounded out by bazaar, mixer and madrigals; Chaplin\u27s The Circus delights Sunday evening crowd • Faculty discuss the comprehensive exams • New Union cook takes charge, does job well • Bouncing Bearettes crush E-burg; Birdie belting set smash opponents • Team evens season; Sheli Bower returns • Sports buffs corner • Bears top Eastern in season finalehttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1099/thumbnail.jp

The Palomar Transient Factory Orion Project: Eclipsing Binaries and Young Stellar Objects

The Palomar Transient Factory (PTF) Orion project is an experiment within the broader PTF survey, a systematic automated exploration of the sky for optical transients. Taking advantage of the wide field of view available using the PTF camera at the Palomar 48" telescope, 40 nights were dedicated in December 2009-January 2010 to perform continuous high-cadence differential photometry on a single field containing the young (7-10Myr) 25 Ori association. The primary motivation for the project is to search for planets around young stars in this region. The unique data set also provides for much ancillary science. In this first paper we describe the survey and data reduction pipeline, and present initial results from an inspection of the most clearly varying stars relating to two of the ancillary science objectives: detection of eclipsing binaries and young stellar objects. We find 82 new eclipsing binary systems, 9 of which we are candidate 25 Ori- or Orion OB1a-association members. Of these, 2 are potential young W UMa type systems. We report on the possible low-mass (M-dwarf primary) eclipsing systems in the sample, which include 6 of the candidate young systems. 45 of the binary systems are close (mainly contact) systems; one shows an orbital period among the shortest known for W UMa binaries, at 0.2156509 \pm 0.0000071d, with flat-bottomed primary eclipses, and a derived distance consistent with membership in the general Orion association. One of the candidate young systems presents an unusual light curve, perhaps representing a semi-detached binary system with an inflated low-mass primary or a star with a warped disk, and may represent an additional young Orion member. Finally, we identify 14 probable new classical T-Tauri stars in our data, along with one previously known (CVSO 35) and one previously reported as a candidate weak-line T-Tauri star (SDSS J052700.12+010136.8).Comment: 66 pages, 27 figures, accepted to Astronomical Journal. Minor typographical corrections and update to author affiliation